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The bird should at least tell Trump thank you.Tariff negotiations are not going well.
Here’s the thing:Bear with me a brief bit here.
Despite the comparisons, even from his own Vice President, Trump is not Hitler. He's not going to set up literal death camps. He's not a zealot about "social issues," like Hitler was. Trump couldn't care less about social issues other than how they may serve him. He has no actual social or moral values. But perhaps he's a zealot about economics? Again, bear with me a brief bit.
While fascism can function, albeit despicable and horrible, the most virulent form this world has ever seen (Nazism), is completely untenable. It is completely irrational and self-destructive. Nazism obliterates itself eventually, because how could it not! It's in its DNA. Despite all the talk about preserving civilization and society and what-not, it is antithetical to all those things. Nazism is like the "humans" from the film Pandorum that have adapted to life in the reactor of a ship in deep space over millennia. Or perhaps a better deep space Sci-Fi analogy - the people all eating one another in Event Horizon.
So, while the comparisons of Trump to Hitler are trite and stupid, I will posit that Trumpism is "economic Nazism." Just completely irrational. It will destroy itself in time. Only question is how many of us it takes with it.
Maybe instead of saving tik toc they could work on saving the economy.China hit brakes on TikTok deal after Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs, AP source says
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China hit brakes on TikTok deal after Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs, AP source says
President Donald Trump says he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days.apnews.com
Make no mistake about my post. What he represents and supports is fascism. Yes, I totally agree. I was simply saying he has no actual values and that he isn't Hitler. But he may as well be economically. Economic Nazism.Here’s the thing:
Trump is an empty vessel. He cares only about what benefits him.
He has found that actual fascists and neonazis and white nationalists appreciate his bluster and his lack of a moral compass. They praise him, give him things, give him money, allow him to feel like a king.
In return, he allows them to dictate policy. He has no desire to do the actual work of governing and learning about policy issues—he’s exceedingly happy to let other do all that work, while he tweets and watches press coverage of himself and golfs.
So while it’s fair to say that Trump himself isn’t truly fascist in terms of political ideology and racial/cultural issues, he allows the actual fascists to do his work for him.
That is also tone deaf. This guy made somewhere between $40 and $50 million last year. Of course losing 20% is just a number st that point.Tell us how you really feel, lol. Not that I disagree.
Literally his first statement here is, "losing money costs you nothing" which is by definition completely absurd and clearly false. It costs you the money.
But let's keep this one bookmarked the next time that dumbass complains about losing money. I'm sure he does it on a regular basis.
Hey Sooner! Been a while. How are you and your son doing?That is also tone deaf. This guy made somewhere between $40 and $50 million last year. Of course losing 20% is just a number st that point.
But middle class people rely on their savings to be able to make ends meet or to one day retire. It isn’t just a number to them.
And, sure, there are the others who have no assets but need a job to survive. I guess the verdict is still out on the impact on them (but we all know that it isn’t going to be good).
Trump usually has no consistent set of beliefs about anything other than whatever makes him money and keeps him in the media spotlight. He's always been a celebrity hog and reality show star, not a businessman or politician. Having said that, I do think he's really convinced himself that the Gilded Age was a fabulous time for America and that a big part of the reason for that were high tariffs and American imperialism. Even though he seems convinced of this, though, I do think that as the absolute disaster of this settles in that he'll back off, as he has already done in some areas when it became unpopular. The problem is that he's screwing us with other nations in the long term, even if he does back away from some of this insanity. Nobody is ever going to trust us or give us the benefit of the doubt ever again. And if he doesn't back off then our current economic tailspin is simply going to continue for a long, long time.I'm trying to get a better understanding of what Pres. Meathead is trying to do ... it seems he's following the advice of Stephen Miran.
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Unpacking the Mar-a-Lago Accord | Lowy Institute
The idea is unlikely to deliver the reduced deficits and bring back good jobs that are the primary motivation.www.lowyinstitute.org
“…Trump personally selected a formulathat was based on two simple variables — the trade deficit with each country and the total value of its U.S. exports, said two of the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to recount internal talks.
While precisely who proposed that option remains unclear, it bears some striking similarities to a methodology published during Trump’s first administration by Peter Navarro, now the president’s hard-charging economic adviser.
After its debut in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, the crude math drew mockery from economists as Trump’s new global trade war prompted a sharp drop in markets.
… After deliberations that went late into Tuesday, Trump didn’t decide on the final plan until about 1 p.m. Wednesday — less than three hours ahead of his Rose Garden announcement.
… “He’s at the peak of just not giving a f--- anymore,” said a White House official with knowledge of Trump’s thinking.
“Bad news stories? Doesn’t give a f---. He’s going to do what he’s going to do. He’s going to do what he promised to do on the campaign trail.” …”
That or there was no plan and Grok just spat out the numbers at the 11th hour so they can get the chart made. The negotiating team probably had no communication with the team sent to fast signs for his props“… Countries tried to offer up policy changes ahead of time to spare themselves from the worst of the tariffs, not always successfully. India’s government last week announced plans to scrap a 6 percent tax on the advertising revenue of foreign companies.
The country was still hit with a 26 percent tariff, based on a formula that didn’t take into account the country’s policy change. …”
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My speculation here, based on Trump Administration officials running to right-wing media to say they have folks lining up to make a deal, is that they knowingly and intentionally announced the higher tariff on India so they could later claim to have negotiated relief for India (and some other trade partners) that had already been agreed because they like the optics better that way.
Could be. They certainly underwhelmed with the errors in their presentation…That or there was no plan and Grok just spat out the numbers at the 11th hour so they can get the chart made. The negotiating team probably had no communication with the team sent to fast signs for his props